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'lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, S. P. LOOMIS, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State oi Pennsylw and useful Improvement in Painters Window-Jack; and I dohereby declare that will enable others skilled in the art to make forming part of this specification.

vania, have invented a ne the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l represents my improved windowjack attached to a house. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken in the line :v x, iig. 3. Figure 3 is a top view or plan of the device when folded up. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. This invention relates to an improvement in the constructie support for housepainters, and consists of a long, ilat frame, outside'of the window and brace against the side of the house, the window, for sustaining the frame orplatform on which a painter can stand, support ol' a` scaffold for painting the house. I i v The brace and hold-fast are so arranged that they can be conveniently foldedv'up with the frame, so as to occupy no additional space. y

'The frame is formed of four long, square pieces of light timber, marked 1, 2, 3, 4, set their own width apart and secured by end pieces a a. A bracket or brace, formed of two bars or legs, b b, is suspended or hinged at one end t'o the outward end of the frame, between the bars 1nd 2', 3 and 4, and at the other end the two bars b b are connected, by a hatten, c, that lies against the under side ofthe two middle bars 2, 3 ofthe frame when thebrace is folded up. A drop-piece, d, is also suspended betweenthebarsQ, 3, on the lower end of which is a cross-head, e, that also lies against the under side of the frame-bars 2, 3 when it is folded up, but which bears against and supports the suspended brace-bars or legs b b when thejack is placed in a window, as shown in fig. 1. Two cross-pieces, t h', are attached'to the vinner end ot' the frame, onopposite sides of the bars 1, 2, 3, 4, and are held together by a set-screw, c, so that they can slide freely on the frame or be secured at any desired point. rllwo short bars or legs, b b', are hinged to the upper cross-piece L, so that they can fold up between the frame-bars 1 and 2, 3 and,4, and they are secured by a.- batten, g.

It will be seen that when the frame is projected from a window, tl

house,and are supported by the drop-pieced, while the frame is are placed against the inside of the house, and made secure by the set-screw k'and twopins, s s, that are set behind the cross-pieces h L in any tivo ofl a series of holes made in the bars of the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The improved window-jack, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

S. P. LOOMIS.

n and arrangement of a window-jack or platform to which are attached a bracket, to go on the and a sliding hold-fast, to go on the inside of which may be used as the ie long legs b b set against the side ofthe Witnesses:

WILSON KEER,

Gr. FREED.

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